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Priscilla Kam
1,086 Pointswordpress issues
hi everybody, may i ask when should i use widget in theme development? what should i choose to use (pages or widget)if i want to make custom content? thank you .
4 Answers
Michael Aliorde
3,985 PointsHi Prescilla,
if it's going to be a content relative to a page or post. then use custom fields with custom pages. if it's something that you'd put on a sidebar area. like ads, links, navigation, etc. then you can use widgets with those.
Priscilla Kam
1,086 Pointsthx michael nice tips
Lucas del RÃo
8,768 PointsWidgets are also used as a way to create complete sites, with widgets you could add lots of functionality to a home page for instance, something like a Twitter widget, or may be some special information, testimonials, advertisement, etc.
Priscilla Kam
1,086 Pointsthx lucas do you have skype name?